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Sunday, June 15, 2025
Netanyahu admits Gaza Humanitarian Foundation was Israeli initiative
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admits that the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is an initiative that originated in Israel.
“We have a plan that we devised with the help of American firms to separate the giving of the humanitarian aid to the population from Hamas control,” Netanyahu says in an interview with Bret Baier, host of Fox News’s Special Report.
Announcing the initiative, US Ambassador Mike Huckabee argued that it was “wholly inaccurate” to describe the humanitarian aid initiative being launched in Gaza as Israeli, saying media reports characterizing it as such were “off the mark.”
Netanyahu also says there has been “some development” in attempts to reach a hostage deal with Hamas.
“I hope we’re able to do that because I’m committed to getting them out,” says Netanyahu.
The Times of Israel Community.